5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

RAPES

RAPES is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of rape

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of rape

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

R___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position RA_ES R in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TOILE COURT STINK TONAL TANGY
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.33 Entropy (bits)
99 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAPES performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,690 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAPES ranks #1,690 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
958
4 guesses
1,130
5 guesses
179
6 guesses
10
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
30%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

279
183
134
123
120
100
98
94
92
78
69
67
58
53
47
39
36
29
28
27
26
22
22
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAPES:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
6% chance
Suggested:
COURT

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

11.8% →
COUNT 5.64 bits
7.8% →
TOILE 5.29 bits
5.7% →
COURT 4.95 bits
5.2% →
STINK 4.94 bits
5.1% →
TONAL 5.08 bits
4.2% →
TANGY 4.03 bits
4.2% →
DEALT 4.80 bits
4.0% →
TRAIN 4.24 bits
3.9% →
TOILE 3.58 bits
3.3% →
NOIRE 4.15 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for RAPES; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

R1A1P3E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.